土壤干旱对黄土高原乡土树种水分代谢与渗透调节物质的影响

以黄土高原4个乡土树种的幼苗为试验材料,采用盆栽方式模拟土壤干旱环境,研究土壤干旱对不同树种水分代谢与渗透调节物质的影响。结果表明,大叶细裂槭、虎榛子叶水势、叶片含水量下降迅速,叶片离体保水能力降幅明显;白刺花、辽东栎则表现为叶水势、叶片含水量缓慢下降,组织相对含水量在中度胁迫下略有上升。白刺花在不同水分处理条件下离体叶片保水力明显高于其它树种。1个树种可溶性糖含量随土壤干旱程度加剧明显增加,可溶性蛋白质含量在树种之间变化较为复杂,无明显规律性。K^ 离子含量和游离脯氨酸含量在中度水分胁迫下均有不同程度升高。白刺花在土壤干旱进程中,可溶性蛋白质含量、K^ 离子含量和游离脯氨酸含量均明显高于其它树种。综合水分代谢和渗透调节物质来看,水分胁迫条件下,白刺花以保持高水势、减少组织水分散失和增加渗透调节物质来提高细胞原生质浓度,增强其抗旱性。     

四种灌木幼苗对水分胁迫的生理响应

柠条锦鸡儿(Caragana korshinskii)、白皮锦鸡儿(C.leucophloea)、刺叶锦鸡儿(C.acanthophylla)和长枝木蓼(Atraphaxis virgata)是乌鲁木齐周边植被组成中的重要植物种,在植被恢复中具有潜在价值。研究通过人工控制水分比较这4种灌木对干旱胁迫的生理响应,结果表明:叶片的组织含水量和叶绿素含量随着干旱胁迫的加剧而降低;脯氨酸在干旱胁迫下的积累程度较可溶性糖大;除刺叶锦鸡儿外其它植物幼苗的丙二醛在干旱胁迫下均无明显的积累(P>0.05)。4种灌木在干旱胁迫下通过渗透调节、保持膜系统稳定等途径维持正常的生理活动,对干旱具有一定的适应能力。4种灌木抗旱能力的排序为白皮锦鸡儿>柠条锦鸡儿>长枝木蓼>刺叶锦鸡儿。     

活性氧清除系统对干旱胁迫的响应机制

干旱胁迫是影响植物生长发育的主要因子,干旱引起活性氧自由基增加,使植物细胞遭受氧化胁迫．植物体通过酶促和非酶促两大保护系统清除活性氧,活性氧自由基的变化也会引起抗氧化防御系统的不同变化．同时干旱胁迫下活性氧的产生也与ABA的积累、脯氨酸的积累以及叶绿素荧光猝灭密切相关,因此了解活性氧清除系统对干旱胁迫的响应机制以及活性氧在植物生理生化过程中的作用是非常必要的。     

干旱胁迫下荒漠植物红砂叶片抗氧化特性

以荒漠半荒漠地区优势种超旱生灌木红砂两年生植株为研究对象,测定了不同程度干旱胁迫下叶片膜脂过氧化和抗氧化特征参数,以探讨荒漠植物抗氧化系统对荒漠极端环境的适应机制.结果显示:红砂叶片过氧化氢(H2O2)含量随干旱胁迫加剧而显著增加,丙二醛(MDA)含量在不同程度干旱胁迫下均有不同程度的增加,可溶性蛋白含量随干旱胁迫的增加而显著降低;类胡萝卜素和脯氨酸含量在不同程度干旱胁迫下均有不同程度增加;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性随干旱胁迫加剧而显著提高,过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性在不同程度干旱胁迫下均有不同程度增加;过氧化物酶(POD)活性在中度干旱胁迫下显著增加而在重度干旱胁迫下显著降低.研究表明,荒漠植物红砂叶片中胡萝卜素、脯氨酸、SOD和CAT在防御干旱引起的氧化胁迫中起到了显著保护作用, 而POD在重度干旱胁迫下没有起到积极保护作用.     

外源一氧化碳对干旱胁迫下水稻幼苗抗氧化系统的影响

以水稻(Oryza sativa L.) 品种‘D奇宝优1号'幼苗为材料,采用20%聚乙二醇(PEG-6000)模拟水分胁迫,研究外源一氧化碳(CO)对干旱胁迫下水稻幼苗抗氧化能力的影响,以探索CO提高水稻幼苗抗旱性的机制.结果显示,CO供体高铁血红素(Hematin,H)显著降低干旱胁迫下水稻幼苗叶片质膜相对透性和丙二醛(MDA)含量,提高脯氨酸和可溶性蛋白的含量,不同程度地促进叶片中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和过氧化物酶(POD)的活性,而CO清除剂血红蛋白(Hemoglobin,Hb)则逆转CO供体对干旱胁迫下水稻幼苗氧化损伤的缓解效应.由此表明,外源CO能通过调整保护酶活性和渗透调节物质含量来提高水稻幼苗的抗氧化能力,有效增强其抗旱性.     

干旱条件下植物ABA积累对脯氨酸水平的影响

目前公认,植物遭受水分胁迫后,体内发生适应性变化,最显著的是脱落酸(ABA)和脯氨酸的积累。ABA,能引起气孔关闭,调节植物体内水分平衡,保护质膜结构和功能,提高植物抗旱能力。脯氨酸作为渗透调     

岷江上游干旱河谷四种灌木的抗旱生理动态变化

岷江上游干旱河谷是我国最困难的造林地区之一。该实验以杂谷脑河干旱河谷区域内,自然生长的白刺花（Sophora davidiana）、刺旋花（Convolvulus tragacanthoides）、马鞍羊蹄甲（Bauhinia faberi var.microphylla）和铁杆蒿（Artemisia gmelinii）为研究材料,对其抗旱生理及其抗旱性动态进行了分析研究。结果表明：（1）干旱胁迫下,灌木体内叶绿素、可溶性糖以及游离脯氨酸含量增加;同时,叶片组织失水率、水分亏却度、细胞膜透性的降低,以增加灌木的抗旱性。（2）通过隶属（反隶属）函数法对4种灌木抗旱能力动态变化进行综合评价,几种灌木生长季节的抗旱性综合评价指数7月份为0.507,最高;其次9月份〉8月份〉6月份,5月份最低,仅为0.442。这为了解植被在该地区抗旱性动态变化趋势,以及为在植物抗旱性最弱的生长时期——5、6月份,采取有效防旱抗旱措施,提高造林树种的成活率与保存率,加快该地区植被的恢复与重建进程提供理论依据。     

换锦花和中国石蒜对干旱胁迫的生理响应

以2种春出叶石蒜属植物中国石蒜和换锦花为材料,通过盆栽控水试验,以适宜水分(最大持水量的75%~80%)为对照,设置干旱胁迫(最大持水量的35%~40%)处理,研究干旱胁迫对其幼苗生理生化指标的影响,以明确2种植物的耐旱特性。结果显示:(1)换锦花和中国石蒜幼苗叶片相对含水量(RWC)和叶绿素a、b含量均随着干旱胁迫时间的延长而降低。(2)换锦花可溶性糖含量和脯氨酸含量均随着干旱时间的延长表现出持续增加的趋势,而中国石蒜则表现出先升高后降低的趋势。(3)换锦花和中国石蒜幼苗叶片TBARS含量和相对电导率总体上呈增大趋势,并在干旱末期达到最大值;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性均呈现出先上升后下降趋势。(4)换锦花和中国石蒜幼苗叶片净光合速率(Pn)、胞内二氧化碳浓度(Ci)和蒸腾速率(Tr)随着干旱胁迫时间延长均有不同程度下降。研究表明,在土壤干旱胁迫条件下,换锦花和中国石蒜幼苗叶片在水分生理、光合特性、渗透调节物质和抗氧化酶活性等方面表现出一定的差异,其中换锦花较中国石蒜表现出较强的耐旱性,且具有明显的优势。     

藜对干旱胁迫的生理生化反应

干旱是植物最易遭受的胁迫之一,每年由于干旱胁迫给农业造成损失几乎相当于其他所有环境因子胁迫所造成的损失的总和。通过人工控制水分模拟干旱来研究生长期的藜对干旱胁迫的生理生化反应,以期望为干旱农业的高效生产提供理论依据。以盆栽的藜为材料,用控制浇水的方法分对照、轻度胁迫、中度胁迫、重度胁迫4个组,研究了不同程度干旱胁迫对藜叶片的水分状况、渗透调节物质、活性氧代谢以及内生保护系统的影响。结果表明:在干旱胁迫下,藜叶片相对含水量(RW C)、自由水含量(FW C)下降,束缚水含量(BW C)上升;可溶性糖、脯氨酸、K 、C a2 含量增加,表现出藜对适度干旱有一定的适应性。但重度干旱胁迫,O2.产生速率和丙二醛(M DA)含量显著提高,导致膜损伤,质膜透性上升;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性先上升,后下降;抗坏血酸(A SA)含量降低。过分干旱胁迫对藜会造成一定伤害。     

珍稀濒危植物堇叶紫金牛对持续干旱的生理响应

采用盆栽控水法,研究了珍稀濒危植物堇叶紫金牛(Ardisia violacea)在持续干旱条件下的生理响应。随着持续干旱时间的延长,堇叶紫金牛应对持续干旱的阶段可分为适应期、轻度干旱期、中度干旱期和重度干旱期。在适应期和轻度干旱期,堇叶紫金牛叶片游离脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量稳定在一个较低水平,可溶性蛋白质含量先下降后快速上升,细胞膜系统和抗氧化酶系统能主动进行生理调节;中度干旱期,丙二醛(MDA)含量和质膜相对透性迅速升高,细胞膜系统受损加剧,游离脯氨酸、可溶性糖含量均急剧增加,对抵御干旱起到重要的渗透调节作用。在轻度干旱期和中度干旱期,光合色素中叶绿素a和叶绿素b含量显著提高,以抵抗干旱胁迫。重度干旱期,细胞膜系统、抗氧化酶SOD、游离脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量上升,但MDA略微下降,这时可能达到植物耐受干旱的极限,不再发生膜脂过氧化作用。综上表明,堇叶紫金牛具有较强的耐旱性,RWC为49.94%是细胞膜系统、抗氧化酶系统和渗透调节物质含量变化的拐点,渗透调节和抗氧化酶系统的主动适应是其耐旱的主要机制。     

Effect of drought on pigments, osmotic adjustment and antioxidant enzymes in six woody plant species in karst habitats of southwestern China

Drought stress is one of the most important factors limiting the survival and growth of plants in the harsh karst habitats of southwestern China. Detailed knowledge about the ecophysiological responses of native plants with different growth forms to drought stress could contribute to the success of re-vegetation programs. Two shrubs, Pyracantha fortuneana and Rosa cymosa, and four trees, Broussonetia papyrifera, Cinnamomum bodinieri, Platycarya longipes and Pteroceltis tatarinowii, were randomly assigned to four drought treatments, i.e. well-watered, mild drought stress, moderate drought stress, and severe drought stress. Midday water potential, the maximum quantum efficiency of PSII photochemistry (F_v/F_m), pigments, osmotic solutes (soluble sugars and proline), cellular damages, and antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase) were investigated. Drought stress significantly decreased pigments content, but increased the ratio of carotenoids to total chlorophylls in the studied species. After prolonged severe drought stress, the two shrubs exhibited higher F_v/F_m, less reductions of midday water potential, and lower increases of malondialdehyde content and ion leakage than the four trees. Prolonged severe drought stress largely decreased accumulations of osmotic solutes and activities of antioxidant enzymes in the four trees, but significantly increased proline content and superoxide dismutase activity in the two shrubs and peroxidase activity in P. fortuneana. The positive relationships were observed among activities of antioxidant enzymes, and between contents of osmotic solutes and activities of antioxidant enzymes. These findings suggested that the two shrubs had higher tolerance to severe drought stress than the four trees due to higher capacities of osmotic adjustment and antioxidant protection.     

干旱胁迫对青藏高原6种植物生理指标的影响

以青藏高原6种植物:红花岩黄芪(Hedysarum multijugum Maxim.)、西北沼委陵菜(Comarum salesovianum(Steph.)Asch.et Graebn.)、鲜黄小檗(Berberis diaphana Maxim.)、鲜卑花(Sibiraea laevigata(Linn.)Maxim.)、树锦鸡儿(Caragana arborescens(Amm.)Lam.)、砂生槐(Sophora moorcroftiana(Benth.)Baker)为试材进行干旱胁迫模拟盆栽试验,通过对比6种植物叶片中丙二醛(MDA)、脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白质、叶绿素、可溶性糖、淀粉含量的变化,对供选植物进行抗旱性能分析与评价,为在青藏高原地区筛选优良耐旱植物提供参考依据。设置土壤含水量占田间持水量80%以上为正常水平,50%—70%为轻度干旱,30%—50%为中度干旱,低于30%为重度干旱。研究表明,6种供试植物叶片MDA含量逐渐升高,当土壤含水量占田间持水量12%左右时达到最大值,树锦鸡儿的增幅较另5种苗木最小,而峰值最大。脯氨酸含量都呈增加趋势,其中砂生槐最高,为9981.67mg/g,峰值与对照值相比,砂生槐增加最多为37.43倍,鲜卑花最小为0.49倍。苗木叶片中可溶性蛋白质含量总体表现出现增大后减小的规律,且所有测定值都高于正常水分条件下的含量。6种苗木的叶绿素含量在干旱胁迫下总体呈现先降低再升高最后再降低的趋势,24 d时均低于对照值,下降最多的为西北沼委陵菜(15.43 mg/g)。由于干旱下苗木的光合产物转化受抑,以淀粉形式的累积量减少,所以6种苗木的可溶性糖含量呈上升趋势,而淀粉含量呈下降趋势,通过积累可溶性糖以提高细胞的渗透调节能力。砂生槐、树锦鸡儿的可溶性糖含量增幅与淀粉含量的减少明显高于其余苗木,使其在较低叶水势下仍保持较高的细胞膨压,以减缓水分胁迫的不利影响。主成分分析表明,6种苗木抗旱性由强到弱依次为:树锦鸡儿、红花岩黄芪、砂生槐、鲜黄小檗、鲜卑花、西北沼委陵菜。     

Osmotic relations of the drought-tolerant shrub Artemisia tridentata in response to water stress

Turgor maintenance, solute content and recovery from water stress were examined in the drought-tolerant shrub Artemisia tridentata. Predawn water potentials of shrubs receiving supplemental water remained above ?2 MPa throughout summer, while predawn water potentials of untreated shrubs decreased to ?5 MPa. Osmotic potentials decreased in conjunction with water potentials maintaining turgor pressures above 0 MPa. The decreases in osmotic potentials were not the result of osmotic adjustment (i.e. solute accumulation). Leaf solute contents decreased during drought, but leaf water volumes decreased more than 75% from spring to summer, thereby passively concentrating solutes within the leaves. The maintenance of positive turgor pressures despite decreases in leaf water volumes is consistent with other studies of species with elastic cell walls. Inorganic ion, organic acid, and carbohydrate contents of leaves declined during drought. The only solutes accumulating in leaves of A. tridentata with water stress were proline and a cyclitol, both considered compatible solutes. Total and osmotic potentials recovered rapidly following rewatering of shrubs; solute contents did not change except for a decrease in proline. Maintaining turgor through the passive concentration of solutes may be advantageous compared to synthesis of new solutes for osmotic adjustment in arid environments.     

Increase of glycinebetaine synthesis improves drought tolerance in cotton

The tolerance to drought stress of the homozygous transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plants with enhanced glycinebetaine (GB) accumulation was investigated at three development stages. Among the five transgenic lines investigated, lines 1, 3, 4, and 5 accumulated significantly higher levels of GB than the wild-type (WT) plants either before or after drought stress, and the transgenic plants were more tolerant to drought stress than the wild-type counterparts from young seedlings to flowering plants. Under drought stress conditions, transgenic lines 1, 3, 4, and 5 had higher relative water content, increased photosynthesis, better osmotic adjustment (OA), a lower percentage of ion leakage, and less lipid membrane peroxidation than WT plants. The GB levels in transgenic plants were positively correlated with drought tolerance under water stress. The results suggested that GB may not only protect the integrity of the cell membrane from drought stress damage, but also be involved in OA in transgenic cotton plants. Most importantly, the seedcotton yield of transgenic line 4 was significantly greater than that of WT plants after drought stress, which is of great value in cotton production.     

Salinity and drought tolerance of mannitol-accumulating transgenic tobacco

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were transformed with a mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase gene resulting in mannitol accumulation. Experiments were conducted to determine whether mannitol provides salt and/or drought stress protection through osmotic adjustment. Non-stressed transgenic plants were 20–25% smaller than non-stressed, non-transformed (wild-type) plants in both salinity and drought experiments. However, salt stress reduced dry weight in wild-type plants by 44%, but did not reduce the dry weight of transgenic plants. Transgenic plants adjusted osmotically by 0.57 MPa, whereas wild-type plants did not adjust osmotically in response to salt stress. Calculations of solute contribution to osmotic adjustment showed that mannitol contributed only 0-003-0-004 MPa to the 0.2 MPa difference in full turgor osmotic potential (π_o) between salt-stressed transgenic and wild-type plants. Assuming a cytoplasmic location for mannitol and that the cytoplasm constituted 5% of the total water volume, mannitol accounted for only 30–40% of the change in π_o of the cytoplasm. Inositol, a naturally occurring polyol in tobacco, accumulated in response to salt stress in both transgenic and wild-type plants, and was 3-fold more abundant than mannitol in transgenic plants. Drought stress reduced the leaf relative water content, leaf expansion, and dry weight of transgenic and wild-type plants. However, π_o was not significantly reduced by drought stress in transgenic or wild-type plants, despite an increase in non-structural carbohydrates and mannitol in droughted plants. We conclude that (1) mannitol was a relatively minor osmolyte in transgenic tobacco, but may have indirectly enhanced osmotic adjustment and salt tolerance; (2) inositol cannot substitute for mannitol in this role; (3) slower growth of the transgenic plants, and not the presence of mannitol per se, may have been the cause of greater salt tolerance, and (4) mannitol accumulation was enhanced by drought stress but did not affect π_o or drought tolerance.     

Population-specific Traits and their Implication for the Evolution of a Drought-adapted Ecotype in Armeria maritima

Traits contributing to drought resistance of Armeria maritima were investigated by comparing six populations of this species from sandy grasslands, heavy metal mines and salt marsh sites. The sandy soil ecotype that is influenced by periodic drought was found to allocate constitutively a higher proportion of biomass to the root system, especially to the fine roots, than the other two ecotypes. The selective advantage of this lower shoot-root ratio is presumably the delayed onset of the critical water saturation deficit because of the ability to take up additional water from deeper soil layers. Under water stress, all populations of A. maritima showed a decrease in the shoot-root ratio. Additionally, under moderate long-term water stress a decrease in (= more negative) osmotic potential was found in leaves of plants from all populations. Lowest osmotic potentials were shown by the salt marsh ecotype and the highest by one of the heavy metal populations. Osmotic adjustment was achieved passively by a reduction in osmotic volume. Accumulation of osmotically active compounds was seen only under severe water stress, when the considerable betaine contents found in all populations of A. maritima even under control conditions were further increased by severe drought. The evolution of traits related to drought adaptation in the sandy soil ecotype of A. maritima is discussed.     

Application of Streptomyces pactum Act12 Enhances Drought Resistance in Wheat

The use of beneficial microbes to improve drought resistance in crops has great application potential in agricultural production, yet the effects of actinomycetes upon crop resistance to drought are rarely reported. Streptomyces pactum Act12 is a known multi-functional biocontrol agent of soil-borne diseases in several horticultural crops and medicinal plants. Here, we systematically analyzed how Act12 treatment affects drought resistance in drought-sensitive wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar Xinong 979 by considering both its effects and underlying mechanisms. After seed exposure to a cell-free culture filtrate of Act12, we measured several plant growth variables, osmotic adjustment and antioxidant capacity, cell membrane peroxidation, and drought resistance-related gene expression in wheat seedlings under drought stress conditions simulated by polyethylene glycol 6000. Results showed that, under drought stress, wheat seedling exposure to Act12 cell-free filtrate facilitated plant growth, with significant increases in shoot fresh weight (21.3%), shoot length (10.3%), and root length (13.6%). Act12 treatment also significantly increased total soluble sugar content in wheat leaves while decreasing their malondialdehyde content by 20.5%. Under non-drought conditions, Act12 treatment increased the content of both proline and glutathione in wheat leaves; however, both were lowered in Act12-treated plants compared with non-treated plants at 96 h of drought stress. Further analysis revealed that Act12 treatment increased the content of leaf abscisic acid and upregulated the expression levels of several drought resistance-related genes, such as EXPA2, EXPA6, P5CS, and SnRK2. These results suggest that application of S. pactum Act12 can enhance the osmotic adjustment and antioxidant capacity of plants via induction of abscisic acid accumulation and up-regulation of drought resistance-related gene expression, thereby mitigating drought stress impact in wheat.

     

Effects of S-Abscisic Acid (S-ABA) on Seed Germination,Seedling Growth,and Asr1 Gene Expression Under Drought Stress in Maize

The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of the phytohormone S-abscisic acid (S-ABA) to protect maize seedlings grown under drought stress and to measure their increased drought tolerance. The maize hybrids ‘Zhengdan 958’ (ZD958; drought tolerant) and ‘Xundan 20’ (XD20; drought sensitive) were treated with nutrient solutions of different concentrations (1, 2, 4, 8, and 10 mg/kg) of S-ABA under polyethylene glycol (PEG, 15% w/v, MW 6000) simulated drought stress. Optimal concentrations of S-ABA were designed to be sprayed onto the leaves of seedlings, and their effect on endogenous ABA, malondialdehyde (MDA), osmotic substances, antioxidant enzyme activities, and Asr1 gene expression in seedlings were studied. Results indicated that, under drought stress, S-ABA treatment significantly improved maize seed germination rate (GR), germination energy (GE), and seedling biomass (p < 0.05). After spraying 4 mg/kg S-ABA onto leaves, the endogenous hormone ABA, osmotic substances, antioxidant enzyme activities, and expressive quantity of the Asr1 gene were extended and MDA content dropped significantly (p < 0.05). Moreover, ZD 958 endogenous ABA content, osmotic substances content, antioxidant enzyme activity and Asr1 gene expressive quantity were higher than that of XD 20 (p < 0.05). In conclusion, S-ABA treatment increased the content of endogenous ABA, induced an increase in antioxidant enzyme activity and Asr1 gene expression level, reduced the oxidative damage caused by drought to maize leaves, and improved the adaptability of maize seedlings to withstand drought stress. The promoting effect of S-ABA on the drought-tolerant variety ZD 958 was more obvious (p < 0.05). These results serve as a reference for the use of S-ABA in mitigating drought stress in maize.

     

陆地棉GhCDPK1基因响应干旱胁迫的功能初探

钙依赖性蛋白激酶(CDPKs)是一类重要的钙信号感受蛋白和响应蛋白,在植物干旱、低温、盐碱等非生物胁迫应答中起着重要的调控作用。为探讨陆地棉GhCDPK1基因在干旱胁迫下所起的作用,该研究利用实时荧光定量PCR技术分析了PEG模拟干旱胁迫下该基因的表达量,发现GhCDPK1基因受干旱胁迫诱导。通过构建植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300-GhCDPK1,采用农杆菌介导的叶盘法转化模式植物烟草,发现干旱胁迫下转基因植株保水能力明显高于野生型植株,叶绿素、脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白含量及POD、SOD活性也高于野生型植株,而丙二醛含量低于野生型植株。研究结果表明,GhCDPK1基因作为正向调控因子响应干旱胁迫诱导,过表达GhCDPK1基因可以使植株积累更多的渗透调节物质、增强抗氧化系统酶的活性和维持细胞膜的稳定性来提高植物抵御外界干旱胁迫的能力。